Safety climate, hearing climate and hearing protection device use among transportation road maintainers
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association among safety climate, the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs), and hearing climate in road maintenance workers. Hearing climate is a new term that was measured by adapting a safety climate metric. An analysis of variance was performed on the results of a survey given to 166 workers across 12 roadway maintenance garages in a New England state. The survey asked workers how often they wear HPDs while being exposed to noise. The results showed that 54% of workers reported always or almost always wearing HPDs during noise exposure. In addition, the high-frequency users of HPDs reported higher levels of safety climate and hearing climate. It was concluded that hearing climate successfully predicts the rate of HPD use. These results may be useful in efforts to improve workplace hearing conservation programs.
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Authors:
- Cavallari, Jennifer M
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0000-0001-8414-8704
- Burch, Katrina A
- Hanrahan, Jeffrey
- Garza, Jennifer L
- Dugan, Alicia G
- Publication Date: 2019-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 590-599
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Serial:
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Volume: 62
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- ISSN: 0271-3586
- EISSN: 1097-0274
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Auditory perception; Maintenance personnel; Occupational safety; Road construction workers; Safety culture
- Identifier Terms: Personal protective equipment
- Geographic Terms: New England
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01783092
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 27 2021 9:45AM